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Post-Op Lumpectomy Recovery: Telling My Story as a PT, Part 2
This is part 2 in telling my story of post-op recovery after a breast cancer scare and subsequent surgery. If you missed it, get part 1 here. Day 10 Post-Op Recovery Today is hard. I want to cry but it just makes the new incision hurt. Glennon Doyle’s famous quote comes to mind to help…
Lumpectomy Recovery: Telling My Story as a PT
Day 0: Post-Op Lumpectomy Recovery One thing I have learned through the years about adversity is this: Sharing our struggles can encourage and help others. So I’m sharing something I haven’t shared with anyone yet: I’m working my way through lumpectomy recovery. Last week I had a lumpectomy that turned out to be more of…
Practical Potty: A guided meditation for constipation relief
This short 10 minute video offers a free guided meditation to help you find relief from constipation. This guided meditation can help with constipation that may be driven by 3 factors: If you aren’t getting adequate hydration, fiber, and physical activity, the meditation won’t likely get rid of constipation. However, the meditation can still help…
Pose of the Week: Half & Full Lotus Pose
Question: What is happening to the knee and hip in half and full lotus pose? Answer: This is a GREAT question! I’ve seen this pose hurt many people – and my mission as a therapist is to help people heal – and avoid getting hurt, especially in yoga. So my answer is multi-faceted. First, I…
Pose of the Week: Lateral Child’s Pose (Resting Side Bend)
This week’s Pose of the Week is Lateral Child’s Pose – or Resting Side Bend. Question: How can lateral child’s pose improve pelvic and hip happiness? Answer: This is an amazing pose for MANY reasons. But in today’s video I am going to focus in on why it is good for the pelvis and hip….
Dr. Sylvie Le, DPT on the Functional Movement Algorithm
MTY uses a standardized way to assess and treat an individual through a plan of care using a Functional Movement Algorithm (FMA). The method provides a step-by-step checklist to ensure safe alignment, adequate breathing, and appropriate nervous system responses through a developmental movement sequence. Distinct observations of a person’s neurophysiological reactions to movement and their…
Pose of the Week – Child’s Pose
Question How do I make child’s pose comfortable (and safer) for hip or shoulder pinching or impingement? Answer First, let me lay out a few helpful hints first. If you are a teacher or therapist and want to learn how to use child’s pose diagnostically and therapeutically, please read Chapter 9, pages 255-259 in my…
Pose of the Week: Locust & Forward Seated Bend (Screening the Sacroiliac Joint)
A yoga teacher with chronic sacroiliac joint problems reached out to ask this great question about screening the sacroiliac joint. Question: When you have rotation in the sacroiliac joint, what poses can you do? Answer: There are many ways to answer this question, but none of them will be accurate unless you have a thorough…
Pose of the Week: Revolved Triangle
Before we dig into this week’s Pose of the Week, don’t miss these posts: Warrior I Warrior II Triangle If you want to make a request for a pose to be covered, email my office or leave a comment at the bottom of this post. The question: What are the sacroiliac joint and spine…
Pose of the Week – Triangle
Before we dig into this week’s Pose of the Week, don’t miss these posts: Pose of the Week – Warrior I Pose of the Week – Warrior II If you want to make a request for a pose to be covered, email my office or leave a comment at the bottom of this post. …
Pose of the Week – Warrior I
What is going on in Warrior I pose? The requests have flooded in after last week’s #poseoftheweek post! Thank you for your curiosity and support! I am making a list of poses as they come in, so just know these poses are in no particular order. Watch them in any order you like! The question:…
